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Civil rights group asks NBA to suspend minority owner of Cavaliers over threatening message to group supporting Palestinians

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The NBA has been asked to suspend Gary Gilbert, a part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, over threatening social media messages he sent to an organization promoting a rally for a ceasefire in Gaza. The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) requested a meeting with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to discuss

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Expert panel recommends FAA changes to prevent airliner collisions, calling current safety levels ‘unsustainable’

By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — An expert panel assembled to address a series of near collisions of commercial airliners at US airports has recommended several changes it said are necessary to keep air travel safe. Inconsistent funding, outdated technology, short-staffed air traffic control towers and onerous training requirements are among the

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A 92-year-old motorist fell down an embankment and was rescued after spending the night in freezing temperatures

By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A 92-year-old man is recovering after falling down an embankment and spending the night stranded outside in below-freezing temperatures before he was rescued, officials said, an outcome his wife called a miracle. The perilous incident began last week as Larry Hendrickson and his wife Shirley were driving from Yuma,

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Why Gaza’s largest hospital has become the ‘epicenter’ of Israel’s war on Hamas

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Jessie Yeung and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces launched a raid Wednesday on Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, after accusing Hamas of operating from tunnels beneath the vast complex – a claim denied by the militant group and hospital officials. Thousands of Palestinians are believed to be sheltering in and around the hospital,

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5 things to know for Nov. 15: DC march, Israel, Government shutdown, Ohio bus crash, Wall Street

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted a galaxy that closely resembles the Milky Way — and it’s changing scientists’ understanding of the beginning stages of the universe. Like our home galaxy, the system’s spiral structure is well-ordered and said to be the most distant of its kind ever observed. Here’s what else

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Maria Tallchief, America’s first prima ballerina, continues to inspire new generations of Native American dancers

By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — The Osage Ballet overlooks a creek in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian reservation. Before class, students can be found warming up with plies and battements, battering pointe shoes or learning about America’s first prima ballerina, who inspired the school’s founding: Elizabeth Marie Tallchief. Tallchief, an Osage woman who

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North Carolina police department defends actions of officer seen in video striking woman several times while attempting arrest

By Jamiel Lynch and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have initiated an internal affairs investigation after an incident captured on video that shows an officer repeatedly striking a woman, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement posted on X. In the video posted on social media, the woman is seen on the

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North Carolina police department defends actions of officer seen in video striking woman several times while attempting arrest

WSOC, INSTAGRAM, @OUTSTANDINGANDREW, CMPD, CNN, Instagram/@outstandingandrew By Jamiel Lynch and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have initiated an internal affairs investigation after an incident captured on video that shows an officer repeatedly striking a woman, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement posted on X. In the video posted on social media,

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Subrata Roy, ‘bad boy billionaire’ and chief of India’s Sahara Group, dies at 75

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Subrata Roy, the founder of Sahara, once one of India’s largest conglomerates, died on Tuesday, his company said in a statement. He was 75. Roy died in a Mumbai hospital following “an extended battle with complications arising from metastatic malignancy, hypertension, and diabetes,” the statement said. Roy was admitted

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